Knowledge and Perceptions of Competency-Based Medical Education in Diagnostic Radiology Post-Graduate Medical Education: Identifying Priorities and Developing a Framework for Professional Development Activities.

We evaluated knowledge and perceptions of an established Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) model developed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Competence by Design (CBD), and identified evidence-informed priorities for professional development activities (PDAs). Teaching faculty and residents at a single, large diagnostic radiology post-graduate medical education (PGME) program were eligible to participate in this cross-sectional, survey-based study. Knowledge of CBD was evaluated through multiple choice questions (MCQs), which assessed participants' understanding of major principles and terms associated with CBD.

Review of Challenges to the Implementation of Competence by Design in Post-Graduate Medical Education: What Can Diagnostic Radiology Learn from the Experience of Other Specialty Disciplines?

Competence by Design (CBD) is a medical education initiative instituted by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to improve the training of resident physicians in specialty disciplines. CBD integrates Competency Based Medical Education with traditional specialty discipline post-graduate medical education (PGME) training through the application of an organizational framework of competencies. Various specialty disciplines in Canada have transitioned to CBD since 2017 in a staggered approach.

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion for the evaluation of right ventricular function in functional cardiac CT compared to MRI.

Aim: To compare ejection fraction estimated by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) using cardiac computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the non-invasive reference standard, volumetric quantification of right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Materials And Methods: Thirty-one patients, who had undergone functional cardiac CT angiogram and cardiac MRI within 12 months, were evaluated retrospectively. Right ventricular (RV) volumes were processed using automated cardiac analysis software for CT, and manually processed by Simpson's method for MRI.

Systemic Air Embolism Complicating Computed Tomography-guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Biopsy of Cavitary Lung Lesions: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: Cavitary lung lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge, and tissue sampling can be required to obtain a confident diagnosis. Many authors contend that a computed tomography-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy (PTLB) of a cavitary lung lesion places a patient at higher risk for systemic air embolism (SAE) compared with biopsy of a noncavitary lesion.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the literature for studies of SAE complicating PTLB.

Undergraduate Radiology Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Teaching and Learning Strategies [Formula: see text].

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered how medical education is delivered, worldwide. Didactic sessions have transitioned to electronic/online platforms and clinical teaching opportunities are limited. These changes will affect how radiology is taught to medical students at both the pre-clerkship (ie, year 1 and 2) and clinical (ie, year 3 and 4) levels.

Radiological-pathological correlation of subsolid pulmonary nodules: A single centre retrospective evaluation of the 2011 IASLC adenocarcinoma classification system.

Introduction: The 2011 IASLC classification system proposes guidelines for radiologists and pathologists to classify adenocarcinomas spectrum lesions as preinvasive, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA), or invasive adenocarcinoma (IA). IA portends the worst clinical prognosis, and the imaging distinction between MIA and IA is controversial.

Materials And Methods: Subsolid pulmonary nodules resected by microcoil localization over a three-year period were retrospectively reviewed by three chest radiologists and a pulmonary pathologist.

Rapid imaging protocol in trauma: a whole-body dual-source CT scan.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a single acquisition whole-body trauma multi-detector CT scan is able to reduce resuscitation time, scan time, and effective radiation dose without compromising diagnostic quality in the setting of polytrauma. Retrospective analysis of 33 trauma patients undergoing single acquisition whole-body CT with injury severity scores of ≥ 16 was compared to 34 patients imaged with a segmented whole-body CT protocol. Time spent in the emergency department, effective radiation dose, image quality, and mortality rates were compared.